![Debt limit negotiators race the clock to finalize debt deal as risk of default grows](/i/c/78d7c39e-0d26-063e-e466-d4ad5b0eb4a4.webp)
Debt limit negotiators race the clock to finalize debt deal as risk of default grows
White House and House GOP negotiators are racing to finalize a deal to raise the nation's debt limit as early as Saturday with time running perilously short and the risk of a first-ever US default growing.
2023-05-27 20:51
![US economy on the brink as time runs low to avert debt default](/i/c/c3dd4977-172a-9f30-5a78-4241cc92b079.webp)
US economy on the brink as time runs low to avert debt default
America is heading close to the brink of a self-imposed economic disaster with the Republican-led House refusing to pay the country's debts unless President Joe Biden agrees on cuts to current and future spending and new curbs on social programs.
2023-05-22 12:28
![Biden and McCarthy slated to meet again Tuesday to discuss raising the nation's borrowing limit](/i/c/3a3b6906-3195-860f-a4d0-952dc3d3aea0.webp)
Biden and McCarthy slated to meet again Tuesday to discuss raising the nation's borrowing limit
Anyone looking for clues at how talks to raise the nation's borrowing limit and avoid a historic default are progressing between President Joe Biden and congressional Republicans might be confused ahead of a high-stakes meeting at the White House on Tuesday.
2023-05-16 22:21
![White House takes signature law off negotiating table in early spending, debt ceiling talks](/i/c/d432bde5-3957-1131-9777-0eb263ea3980.webp)
White House takes signature law off negotiating table in early spending, debt ceiling talks
The White House is drawing its battle lines.
2023-05-12 05:00
![Inside White House meeting on debt ceiling: Intractable positions and no new ground](/i/c/2f87fbfc-deaf-8e39-7626-c96b3cdedd07.webp)
Inside White House meeting on debt ceiling: Intractable positions and no new ground
In a lengthy meeting at the White House Tuesday, leaders struggled to break any new ground on debt ceiling negotiations with a source familiar telling CNN that leaders repeated over and over again the same positions privately that have become a common refrain in public.
2023-05-10 20:23